Horse-releaser.



G. ERIGSON. HORSE BELBASIIE. Arruouron mim Ju. 29, 1997.

901,601. Patented 0615.20, 190s.

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HORSE RELEASEB.

APrLIoATIoN FILED mums, 1907.

901,601. Patented 0@n.20,19o8.

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Summon UNITED sTATEs PATENT oEEioE,

GILBERT ERIGSON, OF SACRED HEART, MINNESOTA.

HORSE-RELEASER.

To all whom it' may concern.'

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed January 29, 1907.

Patented Oct; 20, 1908.

Serial No. 354,648.

' after referred to as the whiflie-tree carrying Be it known that I, GILBERT ERiosoN, a member, is provided with a recess or opencitizen of the United States, residing at `Sacred Heart, in the county of Renville, State of Minnesota, have invented certain new and useful improvements in Horse-Re ieasers; and 1 do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

The present invention relates to horse releasers, and it aims to provide a simple and inexpensive device of that class including a plate attached to the vehicle pole and a Whittle-tree carrying member detechably engaged with said plate, whereby in the event of a runaway the plate and member may be readily disengaged, thus releasing the horses.

The invention will be readily understood from the following detailed description and its preferred embodiment is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which like parts are designated by corresponding reference numerals in the several views.

Of the said drawings-Figure 1 is a top plan view of the present invention. Fig. 2 is a side elevation thereof. Fig. 3 is a longi tudinal section taken on the line 3*-3 of Fig. 1. Fig. t is a transverse section taken on the line 1 -4; of Fig. 1. Fig. 5 is an inverted perspective view of the latch. Fig. 6 is a perspective view of the member carrying the Whittle-tree.

Referring more particularly to the drawings, the reference numeral 10 designates a metal plate adapted to be attached to the pole 11 of a vehicle by means of bolts 12, which extend through bolt-holes 13 formed in said plate at opposite ends thereof. This plate is further provided with a pair of longitudinally extending vertical shoulders 14, which are formed at its opposite side edges, each shoulder having an inwardlydirected extension 15 formed on its upper edge and coextensive in length therewith, each extension being arranged in spaced relation with the upper face of the plate to form a guide.

Slidably mounted upon plate 10 and disposed between the shoulders 14 and beneath the extensions 15 of the latter is a member 1G, provided at its front end with the usual upwardly-bent strap 17, between which and said member the Whittie-tree 18 is secured. The opposite end of the member 16, hereining 19, whose rear wall is coincident with the .front face of a vertical shoulder 20 formed on said member and disposed transversely thereof. The plate 10, above referred to, is provided with a pair of spaced vertical ears 21, between which a longitudinally-extending latch 22 is pivotally mounted intermediate its ends, the pivot-bolt 23 passing through registering openings formed in the ears .and latch and extending at opposite ends' beyond the ears, as shown in Fig. 1.

W'hen the Whittle-tree carrying member is in place upon the plate this latch extends across the transverse shoulder 20 and its depending nose 24C projects into the opening 19 formed-in said member, the latch being retained in such position through the action of a coil spring 25 bearing at opposite ends against the plate and latch to normally raise the rear end of the latter. To prevent accidental displacement of this spring, its ends preferably iit in sockets formed in the plate and latch. The front or nose end of the latch is provided with an opening 26, in which one end of a strap or chain 27 is secured, the opposite end thereof being attached to the dash-board (not shown) of the vehicle.

From the foregoing, it will be understood that the whiiiie-tree carrying member, when in place upon the supporting plate, will be positively retained in position by the latch, the nose end of which is normally forced into the opening in said plate through the action of the coil spring, above described. 1n the event, however, of a runaway it is only necessary for the occupant of the vehicle to pull rearwardly upon the strap 27 to rock the latch upon its pivot, thus withdrawing the latch nose from its seat in the whiiiie-tree carrying member, when the latter will be at once disengaged from its supporting plate by the horses, which latter are entirely freed thereby. The transverse shoulder 20 formed on the rear end of the Whittle-tree carrying member serves as an additional means for retaining the latter normally in place upon its supporting plate, as the front wall or face of said shoulder is held against the rear face of the latch nose by the forward pull of the animals upon the whifile-tree carrying member.

Vhat is claimed, is-

In a device of the kind described, 'the combination of a plate adapted to be attached to a vehicle pole and provided with a pair of" longitudinal shoulders formed on its side edges, said shoulders being provided-V Wit-h inwardly-directed extensions arranged in spaced relation to the upper face of said plate; a Whiiile-tree carrying member slidably mounted upon said plate between said shoulders and beneath the extensions of said shoulders, said member having an opening formed therethrough at its rearend; a transverselydisposed vertical shoulder formed on said member adjacent said opening; a pair of spaced ears formed on said plate in the rear of said member; a latch pivotally mounted intermediate its ends between said ears and having its front end extending across said transverse shoulder; a depend- In testimony whereof, I ailix my si gnature,`

in presencev of two Witnesses.

GILBERT ERCSON.

Titnesses lvnn. JORDET, N. O. SKALBECK.. 

